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Oh Duey, now I fell like a kid on Christmas eve...  What is that present?????!!!!???? ;)  Probably be posted (to 403???) before I get to see it.  Oh well. I am not blaming the 403 boys, but rather that the choice was not necessarily well made.  As I said previously though, every little bit...

Saw some 2 piece NOMEX (well... whatever the brand of fire retardant fabric it was) CADPAT Flight suit the other day.  Boys at 403 Sqn are getting them.  Too bad it has to be ruined by blue/red/rainbow patches.  Also, you got to like the fact that they issued them to the only not field...

Starlight, Any model #?  (sorry to hijack the thread... on a different note, got a long sleeve UA tee-shirt on e-bay, new with tag, for US$12 last week...) 

I have bought a few t-shirts and compression shorts on e-bay (new with tags / in bags) for almost 1/2 the price in most stores.  Just need to have some time and patiently wait until what you need is available.  Quite worth it... As aircrew, I have been told since the beginning that the only...

Hi all, Just curious about what soldiers going to theatre (Afghanistan) are getting issued for first aid gear / kit.  I am curious to see if we have caught on the americans that issues their troops with the new IFAK (Improved First Aid Kit), or if guys overseas still only carry the WW1 style...

Guess I should close the loop... Bought a pair from Motor Sport.  They gave me a good discount, and I got very nice gloves!!! As for 427, I don't know why they got the gucchi kits, but it probably came with the tan berets and their name change...  Being tachel, we do live in tents... a...

Just started a little while back with handguns too, and both a couple for under $500 ea (NIB).  I bought a Walther P22, which is fun-to-plink-with .22 version of the bigger P99.  22s are fun to shoots, and you can put 1000s or rounds downrange for $10-$15. For more "realistic" shooting, I...

Thanks for the recommendations.  The one at Cabella is pretty much what I am looking for, I am just curious to see if there are any places in Canada where I can get these.  Will drop by a couple of outdoor stores around Edmonton. Just to clarify: no, I am not on course, these are things of the...

How about the original question : Where can you buy UA clothing for cheap (preferably in Canada)?  I would like to get a few of their compression shirts and shorts...  (if I'm going to pay $25 for running room boxers, may as well pay an extra couple of $ for UA no?) Laps

Just spent a few day in the field and realized how nice it would be to have somewhere to tuck away small gadgets nearby your kingsize bed in a five star mod-tent... I remember seeing those cot "organizers" somewhere, but can't remember where and could not find them around the base's Kitshop on...

All right, got to pitch in... Please don't make this article the reason of a FRANCO vs ANGLO war.  There is no point to it, french is the other official language, live with it! Now, as to whether the CF needs to be completely bilingual, I think not, especially if this would be at the expense...

Mike, Thanks for the info.  Found a store that sells them for $60US, so I'll order a pair to give them a try. Cheers! Laps

Mike, Aside from being "disposable", how are these SWAT boots?  I need to buy myself a pair of "zip-up" steel toe (or composite) boots to wear about 5 shifts a month outside of my regular army job (ambulance work).  I have been looking around on the net and spotted one model of Magnum, one...

In the aviation community (before I continue: I wear a beret and a cadpat jacket... so don't think of hotel et al), we often face similar problems when something is not appropriate and guys go spend $$ of their own.  There is always this threat around that if "something were to happen to you"...

Thanks for the hint Maj, Where can these be bought, and how much $$$? (What I like about this is that if our Sqn SM doesn't like them, I can say that somewhere, there is an army Maj wearing them...)  :salute:

Mike, Thanks for the input.  Are the Hatch more "solid" than flight gloves?  I need a good "all around" pair of gloves as I don't get the summer or goretex gloves issued :(

CFL...  This has been an ongoing issue fought well above our pay level (unless you are a 4-stripper or above.).  I am a TacHel pilot.  I go in the field, sleep in tents and live in the field the "field way".  I even work as an Aviation LO to combat units, living with them the army way for days...

Good day, Being one of the black sheep of the CF (Airforce working for the army on an army base...), I found myself fighting for any piece of gear possible.  I do go in the field and freeze my a** like everyone else in -30 degrees trying to set up an artic tent...  (oups, was not supposed to be...

I've bought a few things at www.galls.com .  It's in the States (like most other places) so you often get hit for shipping and duty.  Had a good deal on my CamelBak BFM there. Now, just to stir the pot a little...  Anyone knows of good CANADIAN sites?  (for those of you that placed the " :cdn...

Wow....  Amazing how things get after you started a thread on such a topic.  In my first post on the subject, I tried to keep it to fact as much as possible, whitout putting too much emotions into it.  My point was mostly: I am a soldier, I shoot less than 50 rounds a year at work due to...